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Re: The editorial “Spending bill is only a bandage,” and “Do the math,” Your Turn, Monday:

It was ironic to read the editorial “Spending bill is only a bandage” and John Reynolds' comments in “Do the math” on the same page.

The editorial laments the fact that San Antonio will lose $1.7 million this year supposedly affecting programs affecting women, infants, children and energy assistance.

John's comments on the Pre-K 4 SA highlight how Mayor Julián Castro's campaign blitzed the media to get voters to buy in without knowing the full scope of what it actually would cost. Many studies indicate that early education initiatives such as Pre-K 4 SA have little, if any, effect in achieving significant results or improvements.

To facilitate the budget cuts affecting San Antonio, why don't we ditch Pre-K 4 SA and streetcars and use the increased sales tax revenue for low-income programs affected by the budget cuts?

Or let's do it the Democratic way and adopt another tax increase to have it both ways. That way we'll never have to sacrifice the growing number of sacred cows that taxpayers will be required to feed.

Ed Bakunas

Such contrast

On March 9, I was struck by the sight of a young airman just out of basic training, a very senior veteran and a group of three gangbangers. All were in the same area.

What contrast!

I was moved to thank the young soldier and the old vet, and just shake my head in sadness for the three punks as I wondered what they will contribute to society.

We've got to get this Second Amendment thing cleared up before the shooting starts again. I'm tired of reading the same old NRA hogwash about the Second Amendment giving the people the right to keep and bear arms. The Second Amendment was passed to allow the country to protect itself from the British tyranny in the 1700s should they retaliate against the Colonies. Plain and simple.

The Second Amendment was written so that we, the American public, could have a militia (i.e. Army, Navy, National Guard) to defend our country. The Second Amendment has nothing to do with individual rights to guns.

Former Chief Justice Warren Burger called the NRA's interpretation of the Second Amendment “one of the greatest pieces of fraud (perpetrated) on the American public.”

NRA members and gun advocates keep using their bogus interpretation of the Second Amendment they've been spoon-fed by the NRA. Gun fanciers have been deluded over and over by the NRA big lie, to the point where they now believe it to be the truth.